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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1647 (1940)

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica: Cathedral
385 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
54 stops
60 registers
8 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture. Rebuild of Op. 34; Rebuilt by Guilbault-Thérien in 1998. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Freres Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
       Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica

       Casavant   Op.   34   1892   3/53
       Casavant   Op.  715   1917    / 7
       Casavant   Op. 1647   1940   3/60

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
       __________________________________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                 RÉCIT                      SANCTUAIRE
   16' Montre           68     16' Quintaton        68     
    8' Montre           68      8' Principal        68        GRAND ORGUE
    8' Keraulophone     68      8' Bourdon          68     8' Montre           68
    8' Flûte            68      8' Viole de Gambe   68     8' Mélodie          68
    8' Dulciane         68      8' Voix Céleste     61     8' Dulciane         68
    4' Prestant         68      4' Principal        68     4' Prestant         68
    4' Flûte            68      4' Flûte Harmonique 68     4' Hautbois d'Orch  68 c
2 2/3' Quinte           68      2' Octavin          61
    2' Doublette        68    III  Cornet          183 a      RÉCIT
    V  Mixture         305 a    8' Trompette        68     8' Principal        68
   16' Bombarde         68      8' Hautbois Basson  68     8' Bourdon          68
    8' Trompette        68      8' Voix Humaine     68     8' Viole de Gambe   68
    4' Clairon          68         Tremolo                 8' Voix Céleste     56
       Octave Aiguë                Octave Grave            4' Viole d'Orchestre68
                                   Octave Aiguë            8' Musette          68
       POSITIF EXPRESSIF           Harpe            PO
   16' Bourdon          68                                    POSITIF (expressif)
    8' Principal        68         PÉDALE                  8' Cor de Nuit      68
    8' Salicional       68     32' Flûte            12 b   8' Eoline           68
    8' Mélodie          68     16' Flûte            32     8' Vox Angelica     61
    4' Flûte Harmonique 68     16' Principal        GO     4' Flûte d'Amour    68
    2' Piccolo          61     16' Bourdon          32        Tremolo
    8' Clarinette       68     16' Violon           32        Carillon         25
    8' Cromorne         68     16' Dulciane         32 c
       Tremolo                  8' Flute            12        PÉDALE
       Octave Grave             8' Bourdon          12    16' Bourdon          32
       Octave Aiguë            16' Bombarde         32     8' Bourdon          12
       Harpe            49      8' Trompette        12

    a  replacement pipes        b  12 pipes at 10 2/3'     c  new stop


                       [Received from Jeff Scofield May 22, 2014]

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